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A place with temporary accommodation such as tents, huts, or other structures
“Throughout the afternoon, hunters returned to the camp with game that had been killed in the surrounding hills and valley.”
A simple or roughly built dwelling
“I knew him when he was a young man, still a boy. He came to our hunter's camp outside Smith Harbour in 1940, only thirteen, on the sled of a traveling hunter.”
A small home or dwelling, typically for recreational use
“They are descendants of Charles Cook, owner of the first private camp at Lake View.”
The supporters of a particular party or doctrine regarded collectively
“The political forces on the anti-establishment camp were already dismantled for different reasons.”
An assembly of people with a common interest
A large building or group of buildings used to house soldiers
An enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts, typically used as a prison
A room or rooms rented out to someone, usually in the same residence as the owner
The humorous or amusing aspects of something
A place that is frequented for holidays or recreation or for a particular purpose
A portable shelter, typically made of cloth and supported by one or more poles
To live for a time in a tent, especially while on holiday or outdoors
“I learned then that Don Alfonso had decided to camp by the river for the night.”
To be acommodated somewhere, or to provide housing or accommodation for
“To that end, it is proposed to bring together selected families or groups from all the principal tribes and camp them in tepees, wigwams, hogans, etc.”
Exhibiting behavior or mannerisms considered unmasculine
“I have met, I believe, the two most affectedly camp people in the country, and I have the mental scars to prove it.”
Deliberately exaggerated and theatrical in style
“Before every number, Stipe ripped a sheet of paper from a pad with camp theatrical flourish.”
Homosexual in nature or character
Causing laughter and providing entertainment
Amusingly unconventional and idiosyncratic
Characterized by camp or kitsch, especially when deliberate or intentional
Done to excess
(informal) Whimsical or flamboyant
Excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar
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